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national adjective

  /ˈnaʃn(ə)l/ , /ˈnaʃn̩(ə)l/ , /ˈnæʃn(ə)l/ , /ˈnæʃən(ə)l/
  • Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]
kansallinen, kansallis-, kansan, valtakunnan

national noun

  /ˈnaʃn(ə)l/ , /ˈnaʃn̩(ə)l/ , /ˈnæʃn(ə)l/ , /ˈnæʃən(ə)l/
  • A subject of a nation.
kansalainen
  • (usually, in the plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.
kansallinen kilpailu

nation noun

  /ˈneɪʃən/
  • (collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
kansa, kansakunta
  • (international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.
kansakunta, kansa, valtio
  • (chiefly, historical) An association of students based on the birthplace or ethnicity of its members.
osakunta, kansakunta

nationality noun

  /-ˈnæl.ti/ , /-ˈnæl.ə.ti/ , /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ , /ˌnæʃ.ˈnæl.ɪ.ti/
  • National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]
kansallisuus, kansa, kansakunta, kansalaisuus
  • (obsolete) Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity. [19th c.]
itsenäisyys, kansallinen olemassaolo

nationalism noun

  /ˈnæʃənəlɪzəm/
  • Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture.
  • (UK, Ireland) Support for the union of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
nationalismi, kansallismielisyys, isänmaallisuus, patriotismi
  • Support for the creation of a sovereign nation (which does not currently exist).
nationalismi

nationalize verb

  /ˈnæʃənəlaɪz/
  • (archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.
kansallistaa

nationally adverb

  • In a way relating to the whole nation.
kansallisesti
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